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Turkey harvest down from 2009 season
Milladore, Wis. – The DNR Turkey Management Committee met June 16 at the Mead Wildlife Area to review preliminary harvest figures for the spring season and learned that hunters registered 47,709 turkeys – down 9.6
Former DNR head joins Blago trial
Chicago — The man who spent only a few weeks as DNR director last year and subsequently received a healthy bump in his state pension has become part of the federal trial of former Gov.
Time to count points in Zone 3
St. Paul – Big changes are in the offing for some deer hunters in the state this fall. Among them: Adult hunters in the southeast portion of the state (permit areas 338-349) won’t be able
Smaller protected slot on Red means more ‘keepers’
Bemidji, Minn. – A change implemented earlier this week could make it a bit easier to catch a four-fish limit of walleyes from Upper Red Lake: Beginning Tuesday, the protected walleye slot on the big
Gulf oil to cut duck numbers here
Wyoming resident Mike Podwicka had no idea of the monstrocity that loomed in front of him.
Feds find $2 billion to fund next round of CRP
Washington, D.C. – It’s not a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but $6 billion in savings through renegotiated crop insurance contracts will allow U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to
Cormorant cull on Lake Erie ongoing
Oak Harbor, Ohio – DNR authorities continue to cull cormorants from a trio of Lake Erie islands. The DNR_Division of Wildlife manages the birds on Lake Erie through a Public Resource Depredation Order issued by
State reminds anglers about bait restrictions due to VHS concerns
DNRE Report Lansing — Now that most fishing seasons are open, anglers are reminded that the use of salmon eggs or minnows for bait is restricted in some waters as part of a strategy to
Spinning-wing decoys banned at Shiawassee
Lansing – The state Natural Resource Commission voted earlier this month to ban the use of spinning-wing decoys at the Shiawassee River State Game Area, but postponed until its July 8 meeting a vote on
